LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



/J-^ ! 007 273 578 A * 



Hollinger 

pH8.5 

Mill Run F3-1 955 



E 449 
.C73 
Copy 1 



COMPARI SON 



OF 



!^ 



SLAYEEY ¥ITH ABOLITIONISM; 



TOGETHER WITH 



REFLECTIONS DEDUCED FROM THE PREMISES, 



TOUCHING THE SEVERAL INTERESTS 



MP' 



UNITED STATES. 



V 



BY 



AMOR PATRIAE. 



COPY-RIGHT SECURED. 



NEW YORK: \s:^>, 

PRINTED FOR THE PUBLISHER.^ 



< 



COMPARISON 



SLAVEET ¥ITH ABOLITIONISM; 



TOGETHER WITH 



REFLECTIONS DEDUCED FROM THE PREMISES, 



TOUCHING THE SEVERAL INTERESTS 



UNITED STATES. 



AMOR PATRT^. /<ti2li' 



^3i&*^ 



sfe 



COPY-RIGHT SECURED. 



^ NEW YORK: 

PRINTED FOR THE PUBLISHER, 
1848. 



■C73 



[All patriotic Newspapers of either or no party are at liber- 
ty to publish this Pamphlet, provided they publish not to exceed 
one column each No. and continue till they carefully publish the 
whole. Then it is to be hoped that every family in the United 
States will procure one of the little pamphlets, to lay aside, as a 
reference book for future use, which the printer will furnish for 
a very small amount.^ 



"n 



A COMPARISON 



N> 



^^ 



SLAVERY WITH ABOLITIONISM. 



To my venerable friend, Lyman Beeciier, D.D. President of Lane Seminary, Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, tiiis epistle is most respectfully inscribed. 

Reverend and Very dear Sir : 

Perhaps you may have noticed in the New York Observer, during 
the summer of 1847, several letters from the Rev. Mr. Sawtel, dated 
at New Orleans, in relation to the treatment of slaves ? 

It would seem that Mr. Sawtel went out, or was sent out, to travel 
through the slave-holding states, critically to examine and true report to 
make — " naught extenuate, nor aught set down in malice" — as to the 
real condition of the slave — that from his known ability and veracity, 
intelligence might be had that could be relied upon, satisfactorily, for 
future use. 

He performed his duty thoroughly and faithfully, and reported, as be- 
fore remarked, from New Orleans. By this report it was found the 
condition of the negro, both as to personal comforts and religious priv- 
ileges, would compare favorably with the great mass of operatives in 
this or any other country, and their masters, instead of being " tyrants" 
were their patrons and friends. 

This report, as can well be imagined, was ^^ gall and wormroood" to 
our abolition brethren ! especially as it contrasted so powerfully with 
the prejudiced statements made for their account and use, and, with rue- 
ful countenance and maledictions dire, spread broadcast over the land. 
They thought at first to destroy the effects of these letters, by denoun- 
cing the Rev. Mr. Sawtel ! but finding this abortive — as he was too 
well intrenched in the confidence and affection of the christian public — 
changed their ground, and boldly declared, they had nothing to do with 
the treatment, but with the institution ! 

Now, my friend, to ascertain how much they have to do with the in- 
stitution, legitimately, let us invite them to the Bible. If they be chris- 
tians, they will acknowledge this book to be of the highest authority : 
if they do not, we must beg leave, most respectfully, to have as little to 
do with them as they with the " treatment.'''' But taking it for granted 
they are good christians, or believe themselves such, please bring them to 
the standard, that for the future they may take the word of God for 
their guide, instead of the " traditions of men" — for it will be poor com- 
pensation for their zeal to find in the end, when they come to be judged 
bv it, they have been fighting against God ! and hence, " Blind leaders 
of the blind." 



God, we are told, is yesterday, to-day and forever, one and the same : 
that " he detests the unclean thing sin" — hence to call anything a sin he 
commands, or attempt to limit what he has established /oreuer — is it not 
blasphemy 1 Moreover, is it reasonable to suppose, the Deity expected 
other nations to be better than he commanded his own chosen people 
to be, whom he intended as a light to the world ? It will be well to re- 
member, it was for the breach, not the observance of his laws, for which 
the Jews were so severely punished ! And so it will be with all who 
set up their own righteousness superior to the God that made them ! It 
is a trick of the evil one ; and must be eschewed as a most deadly poi- 
son to the soul, or it will weigh it down to the Bottomless Pit. 

Now for the Bible testimony. In Genesis xii. we find the first men- 
tion of Abraham in communication with the Deity. In ver. 5 we find 
him a slaveholder, and got his slaves in Haran, just as we get money or 
other property : " And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother^s 
son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that 
they had gotten i?i Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Ca- 
naan ; and into the land of Canaan they came.'''' 

Here it may be proper to remark, that Ebed is the Hebrew term for 
slave — SAUKEER for Airet?-servant — hence there is no chance for the 
scholar to mistake. 

In chap. xiv. ver. 14 : " And when Abram heard that his brother 
was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, 
three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan." Here we find 
Abraham had power over his slaves to expose their lives in battle. It 
is not so in the Southern States ? In chap. xvi. ver. 6-9 : " But Abram 
said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her as itpleaseth 
thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fed from her face. 
And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wild- 
erness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's 
maid, whence earnest thou ? and whither wilt thou go 1 And she said, I 
fee from the face of my mistress Sarai. And the angel of the Lord said 
unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself unto her hands," 
Here we see how God through his Angel dealt with a runaway Slave — 
very unlike an Abolitionist. 

In ch. xvii. ver. 12, 13, we find God recognizing slavery: " And hethat 
is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in 
your generations ; he that is born in the house, or bought with money of 
any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, 
and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my 
covenent shall be in your fesh for an everlasting covenant.''^ In chap, 
XX. ver. 14, we find them made presents of, the same as any other prop- 
erty. " And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and 
women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah 
his wife.'''' In chap. xxiv. ver. 35, 36, we find God blessing Abraham 
and his son Isaac with a curse ! according to the Abolition Dictionary. 
" And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great : 
and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men- 
servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses. And Sarah, my 
master'' s wife, bare a son to my master when she ivas old : and unto him 



hath he given all that he hath." In chap. xxvi. ver. 14, we find the 
Philistines envied, or hated, Isaac. Hoio is it in this ouY day ? 

In chap. XXX. ver. 43: ^^ And the man increased exceedingly, and had 
much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses." 
Here appears to be proof that God did not disapprove of Slavery ; on 
the contrary, some hundreds of years afterwards we find he permanent- 
ly established it through his law-giver Moses ; and hence, made it com- 
mon to Christendom ; and it is presumable he knew what he was doing, 
doubtless quite as well as our abolition brethren. 

Exodus, chap. xii. ver. 43-45 : "And the Lord said unto Mosse and 
Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover ; There shall no s ranger 
eat thereof: But every man's servant that is bought for money, when 
thou hast circumcised him, then shall lie eat thereof. A foreigner and an 
hired servant shall not eat tliereofJ'"' Here we find the Israelites owners 
of slaves directly after they left Egypt ! and their slaves were privi- 
leged characters, compared to hired-servants. Chap. xxi. ver. 1-6 : 
" Now these are the judgments which thoushalt set before them. If thou 
buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve ; and in the seventh he 
shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out 
by himself ; if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If 
his master have given him a vnfe, and she have born him sons or daugh- 
ters ; the wife and her children shall be her master^s, and he shall go out 
by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my 
wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : Then his master shall 
bring him unto the judges ; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto 
the door-post : and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ; 
and he shall serve him forever." Let the 4th verse be particularly no- 
ticed by those who accuse the South of separating man and wife. 
This institution we never had in this country. It seems to be a kind of 
Penitentiary, or States prison system — they were sold /or debt and for 
criine. To allude to it therefore, in argument against our slave institu- 
tion, is only calculated to deceive, and hence fraudulent. 

The 16th verse has ever been a universal text with our abolition breth- 
ren ! But it is more than probable, had father Abraham caught one of 
them stealing away his slaves, he would have made a very different ap- 
plication to what they are in the habit of making. In the 20th and 21st 
verses the Jewish laws are much more lenient to the master than South- 
ern laws or practice, as there is an abundance of proof extant to show, 
if cavilers will take the trouble to look after it. 

Leviticus, chap. xxii. ver. 10, 11 : " There shall no stranger eat of 
the holy thing : a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not 
eat of the holy thing. But if the priest buy any soul with his money, 
he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house ; they shall eat of his 
meat." Here we find the slave a privileged character again ; especially 
the souls belonging to Priests ! In chap. xxv. ver. 30 : " And if it 
be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in 
the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it, through- 
out his generations ; it shall not go out in the jubilee." Here we iind 
forever and jubilee are not synonymous — all that has been said to the 
contrary notwithstanding ! In ver. 44-46 : " Both thy bond-men and 



thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall he of the heathen that are 
round about 'you ; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. 
Moreover, of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of 
them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they be- 
gat in your land ; and they shall be your possession, [property.] And ye 
shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit thern 
for a possession ; they shall be your bond-men for ever : but over your breth- 
ren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor." 
Here we find the institution we have in this country. And here we find 
that never changing God says — Ye shall buy ! The command seems 
imperative. Not, if ye buy, as in the xxi. chapter Exodus. And for- 
ever too, not six years, nor even to Jubilee I (There appears to be a 
vast difTerence between law-givers and law-expounders, now-a-days 1) 

In examining the Old Testament, it struck me as a little singular, 
that not a word is said as to the treatment of the perpetual servant, 
vphen there is so much in regard to the limited. I can only account for 
this, that the Deity knowing man, knew that he would be good to his 
own, in fee. For it is said proverbially — " The Devil ever is good to 
his own." Again, the limited servant had a property-interest in him- 
self; hence, to put out an eye or break out a tooth was a permanent in- 
jury, therefore it was commanded, as a remuneration, that he should be 
set free. But the Jews did not always do it, and hence were severely 
-rebuked in the Iviii. chapter Isaiah. 

But our abolition brethren don't seem to like the Old Testament — 
they call it the Jews^ Bible ! That it is an awkward book for them, no 
one can well question, especially since the people have taken the trou- 
ble to look for themselves instead of taking their statements. But for 
their accommodation, let us turn to the New Testament and see what 
it says, and whether they will recognize its authority. 

Ephesians, chap. vi. ver. 5-9 : " Servants, be obedient to them that 
are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sin- 
gleness of your heart, as unto Christ ; Not with eye-service, as men- 
pleasers; hut as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the 
heart ; With good-will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men : 
Knowing that tchatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he 
receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do 
the same things unto them, forbearing threatening : knowing that your 
Master also is in heaven ; neither is there respect of persons with him." 
Here we find the divine injunction to the slave to serve faithfully, over 
and above the laws of the land, which our Saviour commands should be 
respected. Ii may be proper here to remark, that all the passages of 
scripture I shall cite in the New Testament, the word servant means 
slave, Doi'Los, in contradistinction to Misthotes, a hired servant. Col- 
lossians, chap. iii. ver. 22-24 : " Servants, obey in all things your mas- 
ters according to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in 
singleness of heart, fearing God: Atid tchatsoever ye do, do it heartily, 
as to the Lord, and not unto men ; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall 
receive the reward of the inheritance : for ye serve the Lord Christ." 
Here we find the divine injunction repeated still more emphatically. 
I. Timothy chap. vi. ver. 1-4 : " Let as many servants as are under 



the ynke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of 
God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing 
masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather 
do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, -partakers of the 
benefit. These things teach and exhort. If any man teach otherwise, 
and consent not to wholesome words, even the ivords of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, he is proud, 
knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof 
Cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings." Here we find nothing 
like disobedience to masters inculcated, but we do find something like 
a full-length portrait of our abolition brethren ! Titus, chap. ii. ver. 9, 
10 : " Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to 
please them well in all things ; not answering again ; Not purloining, 
but shewing all good fidelity ; that they may adorn the doctrine of God 
our Saviour in all things." I. Peter, chap. ii. ver. 18 : " Servants, be 
subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, 
but also to the froward.^^ Here we find no excuse for disobedience. 

(Although our brother abolitionists profess now to eschew treatment 
from the argument, still I must be permitted, by way of episode, here to 
remark, that it is well known to those acquainted with the subject, that 
it takes from two-thirds to three-fourths of the produce of the planta- 
tions, upon an average, throughout the Southern States, to feed and 
clothe the operatives ; and they are the first served — the master or 
owner takes what remains : still we are told they get nothing for their 
labor ! In the cold barren lands of New England they give their ope- 
ratives one half only of the product ! Now let me ask which is most in 
accordance with that passage of scripture they love to quote so well — 
" Give to your servants thatiohich is just and eqxial V to say nothing of 
their favorite Golden Rule, alias, Rule of Gold, which they will please 
bear in mind, applies as much to \}i\% free- servant as to those belonging 
to their masters ?) 

Now, my dear sir, I have cited, I believe, all the passages of scrip- 
ture in both Old and New Testaments, of any importance, that touch di- 
rectly upon the subject under consideration — enough at any rate, one 
would think, to satisfy the most sceptical that slavery is a Divine In- 
stitution, recognized and established by God's own order. He says, 
ye shall buy — our brother abolitionist says ye shall not ! He com- 
mands slaves to be obedient to their masters; to serve whh fear and 
trembling ; not purloin ; and to serve the froward as well as the 
good. But our abolition brethren teach to disobey — steal their master's 
horses and run to Canada ! and to aid them in disobeying God's laws 
they raise large sums of money, and then boast through the newspapers 
of the amount of theft they have practiced upon their southern breth- 
ren in the course of a year ! ! 

Now allow me to ask, which is the best of the two authorities I have 
cited ? " Ye cannot serve two masters ;" therefore, " Choose you this 
day whom ye will serve !" " He that is not for me is against me .'" 
'■^Bitter and siveet water cannot run from the same fountain." 

After all this, does it not appear strange that these same counter- 
teachers to God, to Christ and the Apostles, still claim to be christians ! 



nay, the very ne plus ultra of christians ! ! and turn up their nose with 
as much nonsavory against the venerable clergy of the South, whose 
shoe latchets they are not worthy to unloose, and to those of the north, 
who loill not "follow the multitude to do evil" as the Scribes, Phara- 
sees, Chief-Priests, &c. did against our Saviour and his disciples, and 
prate as loudly of the Golden Rule as though they alone understood it 
and kept it perfectly ! Doubtless think it a great pity that some one of 
the fraternity had not been present when the Supreme covenanted with 
that chief of sinners, old Father Abraham, to have given the true inter- 
pretation thereof! and so along down to Moses and the Prophets, Christ 
and the Apostles. " Oh ! that my eyes were a fountain of tears." Had 
it so happened, what a world of grunting and groaning, self-glorifica- 
tion, hallucination, it would have saved ! 

I will mention one or two more passages of scripture, which I would 
most affectionately commend to their especial attention, and ardently 
hope they may profit by their careful contemplation, to wit: II. Corin- 
thians, chap. xi. ver. 13-15: " For such are false apostles, deceitful 
workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ, And no 
marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. There- 
fore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transjormed as the min- 
isters of righteousness ; whose end shall he according to their works." 
II. Timothy, chap. iii. ver. 8-9 : " Now as Jannes and Jamhres with- 
stood Moses, so do these also resist the truth : men of corrupt minds, re- 
probate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further : for 
their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was." These 
will prove the Balm of Gilead to them if they be wise. 

Were there other passages of scripture sufficiently strong to over- 
turn the multitude I have cited, what would the Bible be good for ? It 
would be fit for neither Church or State ! and believe me, if our cler- 
gymen teach the people that it can be made to blow hot or cold at the 
pleasure of the piper, the day is not far distant, when the people will 
reject it as of no authority on any subject, and clergymen will soon 
follow as equally useless. One run-mad leader has already rejected it, 
if I am correctly informed, and now calls for the abolition of the Sab- 
bath ! There is but one more step to Fanny Wrightism. 

Had it not been for the institution of slavery, all the negroes in this 
country, both bond and free, civilized and christianized, if alive, would 
this day be slaves in their own native country, their bodies to black ty- 
rannical masters and their souls to the devil, through the worship of 
cats and alligators ; and the colony of Liberia, which is destined in the 
providence of God to civilize and christianize all Africa, never heard of. 

Now allow me to ask, who have been the means of conferring this 
great blessing upon the African race, the northern abolitionist or the 
southern planter ? And if it be a christian act to better the condition 
of another, who are the best christians, as far as this act is concerned ? 
Moreover, who has acted most in accordance with the spirit and mean- 
ing of the Golden Rule, and the commandmenlsof that benevolent and 
never-changing God, who says, " Ye shall buy ?" 

Knowing what they do now, and were they thus situated, would they 



^ 



9 

not wish, nay, would they not give worlds that some one would come 
and buy them and their families out of the horrid condition and transfer 
them and their posterity to plantations in America '.' Ltt them ansiccr 
upon their oaths ! It is no light matter to thwart the plans of God, 
simply because wo don't understand them. " God's ways are not man's 
ways, neither his thoughts their thoughts " But if slavery be an evil, 
as they alledge, and the South have had it thrust upon them by old 
England and New England, are they now to be told they are pirates, 
thieves, and robbers ! and too, by those who have enriched themselves 
by their own defined, nefarious trade? Who are the veritable pirates, 
thieves, and robbers, if any there be ? If wrong has been done, who 
ought to right it? Heaven doubtless would decide, old England and 
New England, if it take every dollar and every thing they possess on 
God's earth ! and until prepared for this, discretion, it seems to me, 
would require they should not be quite so brazenfaced with their denunci- 
ations, for God has said, " Out of your own mouths ye shall be con- 
demned." 

Be this as it may, are they not to be content to scatter this their pe- 
culiar moral suasion, alias, immoral blackguardry — I speak of fanatics — 
far and wide through the states ; or must they carry it into Congress, 
where it has no more business than the spawn of Pandemonium has in 
Paradise ? It has already found its way in thither and shown its cloven 
foot, manifesting significantly what it would do if it had the power — 
oaths and ConstitutioJi to the contrary notwithstanding ! 

If the brand of discord ignite there, and blood be shed upon that 
floor, the flame will spread like wildfire through the length and breadth 
of the land ; and what the consequences will be we all can imagine, 
but none predict ! 

The great South calmly and coolly look on at the elementary move- 
ments, but are silent ; yet the fires of indignation are at work internal- 
ly, and when the day comes for action the people will rise en masse, 
resolved upon a redress of grievances or death ! Their members of 
Congress will be required to prepare and demand an amendment of the 
Constitution. 1st. That there shall be a full representation of both 
bond and free in the South as there are of women and children at the 
North. (Just look at the relative importance of the two States of Lou- 
isiana and Maine to this Union. Still Louisiana has but four repre- 
sentatives in Congress, and Maine seven ! Had Louisiana a full repre- 
sentation for her colored population, instead of three-fifths, she would 
then have but six — still one less than Maine ! Is this fair ?) 2d. That 
it shall be treason for the people of any of the States to meddle with 
the domestic concerns of any other State, and especially with the insti- 
tution of Slavery, in word or deed, calculated to disturb the peace and 
quietness thereof, and punished accordingly. And 3d. The govern- 
ment of the United States shall guarantee to the South the peaceable 
possession of their property, and in the event any of their negroes are 
stolen, or run away to the free States and not sent immediately back, or 
secured and due notice given to the owner within ninety days, on cer- 
tificate and appraisement being made by the proper authorities, the 



10 

Treasurer of the United States shall be authorized and required to pay 
the owner thereof the full value of his property. If these amendments 
be refused., the next thing will be to demand a peaceable division of the 
paternal estate. The only question remaining, where shall the line of 
demarkation be ? The middle and western states will evidently go 
with the South. — 1st. Because their interest leads, being within the 
line of Tarifl'. And, 2d Because they like the Southern people better 
than their arrogant and meddling brethren of the North. 

[It would be far more to the advantage of the South, that Mason's 
and Dixon's should be the dividing line. Then the southern States 
proper would become great manufacturing and provision growing states, 
and the southwestern, relieved from their competition in the great sta- 
ple, would obtain far belter prices, and hence become prosperous and 
rich much beyond their present condition.] 

Then left alone in their glory, what a pretty little kingdom of prerog- 
atives New England would make ! And cut off from the monopoly of 
the great southern and southwestern markets, that old England would 
give from fifteen to twenty millions per annum for, would she not most 
likely go down as fast as she has gone up for the last twenty years ? 
her millionaires become bankrupts, and the general prosperity of the 
country mildewed and blasted forever. Js this state of things desira- 
ble ? If not, wherefore make such a tremendous hazard for a con- 
temptible ISM ! that is at war with common sense, the common laws of 
the country, and above all, the clearly expressed laws of God 1 Arrest 
then the mad career of your fanatics — peaceably if you can, forcibly 
if you must ; for what right have they to judge their fellow servant ? 
" to his own master he standeth or falleth." 

And can they be so stupid as to suppose that through their abusive 
vituperation, and the misrepresentations of the Holy Scripture I have 
cited, " which is so plain, that a wayfaring man though a fool need not 
err therein," that they will ever induce the South to give away their 
property and reduce their delicately raised families to poverty ? Why, 
such an idea is as absurd as a moon hoax ! and it seems to me none but 
a moonstruck ninny could entertain such a sheer piece of nonsense for 
a moment. 

They may boast through the newspapers of the number of slaves 
they aid in disobeying and running away from their masters every year ; 
but they should remember, whether they do this directly, or indirectly 
by their money and advice, it is a violation of ail laws, human and di- 
vine, hence theft, and as deserving the penitentiary as it would be had 
they aided in dispossessing the owner of any other property. Why 
God so ordained I know not, but since it is found so plainly written in 
the Statute Book of Heaven, it cannot be expected that such a palpable 
violation is to be winked at in these days of gospel light. " What 
God has sanctified let no man call common or unclean." " God's ways 
are not men's ways, neither his thoughts their thoughts." He stays 
not to reveal his entire government to man, nor to account for his acts. 
His servants will hear his voice and obey, believing it will all result 
for the best in the end. 



11 

Now one word to that portion of our clergymen, of all denomina- 
tions, who disclaim all connection with the abolitionists, and who, 
whether called or volunteered, having enlisted under the Banner of the 
Saviour, and publicly professed to take the word of God for their guide, 
and, consequently, solemnly bound themselves to preach the truth, the 
whole truth and nothing but the truth, "keeping nothing back,"' are 
they not aware that (he sins of omission as well as commission applies 
to themselves as well as other people, and to be punished accordingly ? 
And are they not sensible that had they " cried aloud and spared not," 
and kept nothing back of what God has said upon this subject, aboli- 
tionism, with all its evil consequences, would have been sent back to 
the Gm//" from whence it emanated, long ago ? And would it not be 
well, even at this late period, to begin " to do works meet for repent- 
ance," before it is forever too late '? If they will but show half the 
zeal in the service of Christ and the Holy Book that the abolitionists 
show in opposition, or in another service, they may yet prevent the dire- 
ful consequences I have taken the trouble to set in order before them, 
and which are as sure to occur as effect to follow cause, if they neglect 
their duty, while " watchmen upon the wall-towns of Zion." 

It is fair to infer that society was similarly infested in the days of 
the Apostles, but did they hesitate to proclaim the truth and rebuke 
sharply ? Regardless of the " loaves and fishes," and honors of office, 
they had respect to the " recompense of reward," reserved for the faith- 
ful hereafter. The fear of God rather than man influenced them, and 
" while preaching to others, they were careful not to become castaways 
themselves" through neglect of duty. 

Again, is it not likely when these sad reverses begin to be realized, 
the people will begin to look for the " whys and wherefores ?" And 
when they shall have discovered the Institution of Slavery was estab- 
lished and made common to Christendom by the Fiat of Omnipotence, 
and not a solitary word is said against ii, fairly and -properly construed, 
from Genesis to Revelations, will they not be disposed, in their grief 
and vexation, to hold their unfaithful teachers accountable and give 
them a foretaste of that punishment reserved for " Blind leaders of ihe 
blind ?" It will hardly avail to tell them, you are the direct descend- 
ants of Apostles through the Puritans, the Popes, or Purgatory ; if they 
manifest their usual good sense in their private matters, they will be 
very apt to look and see if you have followed in the footsteps of your 
illustrious predecessors, and " judge the tree by its fruit." " Judgment 
must begin at the House of God" — the Church. 

" As you sow, so shall you reap. If ye do well ye shall receive 
well ; if evil, evil .'" " Verbum sat sapienti." 

Amor Patri^. 



REFLECTIONS. 



It seems to me there never were a people more mistaken as it re- 
gards results, could they have their way, than the people of the North, 
both as to their own best interests, those of the South, and indeed 
those of the negro slaves. 

Let us suppose the Southern States had been settled by free white 
inhabitants, as they most ardently desired, instead of slaves for opera- 
tives. Is it not morally certain had it so resulted they would have 
grown their own provisions, manufactured their own clothing, &c., in- 
stead of purchasing almost their entire supplies from their Eastern and 
Western neighbors ? Unquestionably. 

Now had this been the case, what would have been the condition of 
the North, compared to what it is under a more advantageous state of 
things ? Would it not approach nearer that of the Canadas than its 
present wealthy and prosperous condition ? I think so. 

Both East and West have enjoyed for a very long time almost a com- 
plete monopoly of supplying the South and Southwest free of duties, 
with their provisions, clothing, carriages, furniture and agricultural im- 
plements, to say nothing of the thousand and one non-enumerated arti- 
cles, including wooden clocks, wooden nutmegs, &c., almost at their 
own prices I nor of the unrcstricled carrying trade by their ships and 
steamers. All these advantages they have enjoyed and to which they 
are indebted for their present prosperity, and for their future prosperity, 
if they don't "pull the house down over their own heads," or allow 
their fanatics and aspiring demagogues to do it for them. But where 
is their gratitude for these great and especial privileges ? and how do 
they treat the South I " Theij have got fat and now they kick ! .'" 

Notwithstanding the sedition in New England and that which they 
have sown in the Middle Slates, it is not disputable, however much 
they may dispute it, for their present prosperity over and above the Can- 
adas, they are much more indebted to the existence and extension of 
slave labor in the South than to any and alt other causes. Still they 
abuse and grossly insult the very hand that feeds them ! 

Now suppose the South should adopt their very sage (!) advice and 
emancipate all their slaves, what would in all probability be the conse- 
quence ? Why, from the experience we have had before our eyes in 
St. Domingo and Jamaica,t he negroes would perform just labor enough, 
in addition to what they could rob from the whites, to live a lazy, dan- 
cing, dissolute, savage life, till the whites finding it impossible to live 
among them, would abandon every thing and fly with their families to 
the free States ; then the negroes would fall upon and butcher one 
another ! " What a pretty spectacle this would be to set before the 
King." And would their abolition advisers be found ready with open 
arms to give their white colored brethren aid and comfort in the shape 



of house-room, food and raiment ? Perhaps they might allow them 
the crums that fall from master's table ! and perhaps now and then 
some good nice young, old, fat, lean sheep (!) " killed to save its life," 
and furnished by the lowest bidder to feed the poor old public poor upon 
— Wilmot proviso — that they would black their master's boots and " do 
other works meet for repentance" for not obeying their madate before ! 
Perhaps they might say grace over the crums and the fragrant viands, 
and tell them that " God is merciful to the penitent !" 

It may be said a standing army might be established to compel the 
negroes to work. But this could not be done over such an exjjansive 
country. And if possible the expense would be impossible, unless the 
North would bear it. But if possible, would this kind of slavery be 
more tolerable than the present ? 

What a pity it is the South are so ignorant and besotted that they 
cannot see their own best interest, and turn themselves out of doors 
for the benefit of their wise, loving, Northern brethren's self-righteous- 
ness and their idol. Abolitionism ! which was set up by the Church for 
them to worship, as the golden calf was set up for the worship of the 
Israelites. But if iheykeep on with their moral suasion there is no 
knowing what wonders they may work yet ! 

Suppose Kentucky should take the advice of her great Philosopher, 
and abolish slavery, would this clear the ground of them and fill their 
places with white, industrious inhabitants, like those of Ohio? Hard- 
ly, I think. In the first place, neither the free nor the slave States 
would permit such a multitude to come among them ; and if they' could 
be sent to Liberia, or elsewhere, their places would not be filled with 
white servants. First, because the people of the North don't like the 
manners, cnsioms, pistols, and dirks of the Kentuckians. And second- 
ly, would the people go from the North to purchase the second handed 
lands at from ten to twenty dollars per acre, when in any of the west- 
ern States or Territories they can get any quantity of the very best new 
lands at Congressional price? Before the Kentuckians make the move 
they better sit down and count the cost. 

God never would have authorized slavery had it not been intended as 
a blessing to man. And if it does not so result it is the fault of man, 
not the institution. I think I have already shown this as it regards the 
slaves and the people of the North, and I think I shall show if the 
people of the South do not participate in the blessing, it is their own 
fault, and they need blame no one but themselves. 

If southern gentlemen would be more enterprising, look after their 
business themselves, introduce science into every thing, feed, clothe 
and house their people superbly, then make them work fifty per cent 
more, which they would do cheerfuUy^-and then not do near so much 
as a northern white laborer — then divide their labor into scientific far- 
ming, manufacturing and planting on their rich bottom lands ; then 
they would make within themselves their own provisions and clothing, 
and the large amount of cotton, sugar and rice, tobacco and hemp they 
would have annually to sell, would bring in large quantities of money 
from all quarters, which would give impetus to every enterprise, and 



14 

with their own operatives, they could beat the world in every depart- 
ment of industry and improvement, and would soon be quite as pros- 
perous as their northern neighbors, which are this day the most flour- 
ishing part of the world. But if they will sit down, talk politics, drink 
mint julips and leave the negroes to bask under the shady trees, and 
what little they make, let it be taken away for yankee notions, they will 
turn the blessing of God into a curse, will be a mock and a by word to 
all Christendom, and will have more reason to curse their own " mas- 
terly inactivity" than the hardness of the times. " As you sow, so shall 
you reap." 

With due deference to the opinions of all honest and good men, 
however much they may differ with me in opinion, and utter contempt 
for those of the self-righteous, selfish, unprincipled demagogue, whether 
of Church or State, who hesitates not to pervert God's Word, however 
plain, under the guise of mock-heroic philanthropy, misleading the 
people to their destruction for their own selfish aggrandizement ! and 
after the deed is done, then crying aloud, O, the people are not fit for 
self-government ! I hesitate not to say, maugre the opinions of all 
these, God grant that the institution of slavery, regulated by the princi- 
ples of the Gospel, may ever exist in at least half of the United States. 
For 1 feel well assured, after the study I have given this subject, that 
if ever any thing could be considered as demonstrated without a prac- 
tical test, it has been demonstrated that had it not been for southern 
slaveholding states, even had we started with a republican form of 
government, the people would have been cheated out of their liberty at 
last ! without being bought or selling themselve to their masters. 

The privileged orders having the making and administration of the 
laws, it is perfectly in accordance with human nature to weave them 
over the people, as the spider weaves his web, taxing and voting them- 
selves and their sons after them, high salaries, special privileges and 
perpetual offices till the poor farmers and mechanics and all other la- 
boring people entangled in their meshes, would not know which way 
to turn ! and if they became restive under the oppression, the cry would 
be, law and order ! law and order ! ! law and order ! ! ! " Frequent 
rotation in office is the salvation of the Republic." 

Thank God that there was such a place as the South, where the 
sages maintained and enforced liberal principles, while the northern 
laboring men, encouraged by such powerful aid, selected their own 
leaders, hurled back the aspiring demagogues and political fanatical 
priests, and achieved for themselves a glorious victory. This glorious 
position they may ever maintain, if they continue to go shoulder to 
shoulder with their southern brethren. 

It is amusing to see these fanatical priests and Wilmot proviso fra- 
ternity attempting to gull the South with their moral suasion ! " O, 
for a thousand pair of the longest kind of ears to deck our sagemen's 
heads with !" 

They will assume any guise, even that of an angel of light, like the 
parent of the Society to curtail the power of the South, so that they 
may get both Houses of Congress into their own hands, then all the ^ 



\ 



15 

offices of government, then the privilege of taxing the South ad libitum, 
and then, perhaps, they would consent to live in peace, provided al- 
ways that they can have these privileges, secured to them and their pos- 
terity by law and order ! As to the Jure Divines, they can find or 
make passages of Scripture enough to establish that by the grace of 
God, at the shortest possible notice. They can just as easily find — 
Topnot come down, as " Let those upon the housetop not come down." 

" When crazy theorist, their addled schemes, 
Unseemly product of dyspeptic dreams. 
Impute to Thee ! as courtesans of yore, 
Their spurious bantlings laid at Mar's door." 



But enough. 



*' Their lust is murder ! and their infernal joy 
Is to tear their country, and their kind destroy." 

Deus tibi bena faxit. 

AMOR PATRIiE. 



P. S. By way of retaliation for attacks made on the South by North- 
ern fanatics, it is often said by Southern men that the Yankee planters 
are the hardest masters. This simply means the Yankees feed and 
clothe well, and then make their negroes work as white men work at 
the North, and consequently these Yankee planters always get rich. 

The writer could mention hundreds of instances that have come 
within his knowledge, but will name but three. Dr. Rogers of Geor- 
gia, went from Connecticut, and when he arrived in Savannah had but 
three dollars in his pocket — he is now supposed to be worth half a mil- 
lion. He is pointed out as one of the hard masters, but the writer has 
been present when neighboring negroes have begged him to buy them, 
and has heard the Dr. say — " But you know I am called a hard mas- 
ter?" The negroes replied — " We know you make your people work, 
Sir, but you feed and clothe them." 

Mr. Tillotson also went from Connecticut and with little means, and 
now makes four hundred hogsheads of sugar per annum in Louisiana. 

Judge Morgan went from Boston, began Cotton planting in Upper 
Louisiana with but very little means, and is now worth more than half 
a million of dollars. In a word, the negroes prefer these hard masters 
for their masters, and the Southern girls for their lords and masters, 
and I commend the good judgment of both, and shall continue to do so 
till my Southern brethren learn to manage their affairs Xikewise. 

The above gentlemen, had they remained at the North, instead of 
being rich planters, would doubtless be poor men, if not poor free laborers 
for others, at this very lime. But now they are all highly respectable 
and intelligent gentlemen, have greatly improved the condition of the 
negro, and all in consequence " of the accursed bliting effects of Slavey." 

The truth is, the Southern planter is the only true keeper of God's 
commands in this particular — the only true friend to Africa and the 
African race, and it is the North, and not the South, that lies under 



16 

the condemnation and must so remain till they " do works meet for 
repentance.'''' " Thief crying thief" won't do — that trick is too old. 

The writer wishes it to be distinctly understood, that he has no feel- 
ings of revenge to gratify, against any class of his fellow-citizens. It 
is an ISM, and an ism alone, which, if allowed to go on unarrested, is sure 
to deluge this our beloved country in suicidal and fraternal blood, that 
he wishes to rebuke, and that sharply too ; because it is his right and 
his duty to himself, his posterity and his country, to do so. But against 
his abolition brethren, and especially those who have been — through a 
perversion of God's Word, and the abominable falsehood repeated over 
and over against the South, and passed from mouth to mouth by design- 
ing, unprincipled demagogues — misled into this blasphemous error, 
he has not the least unkind feeling. May God grant, they may be de- 
livered from \h.is fatal blindness, before it is forever too late. 

Adieu. 



LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 



007 273 578 fi 



— ^ 



J 



Hollinger 
pH8.5 
Mill Run F3.1 



J 



HoUinger 

pH8.5 

Mill Run F3'1955 



